cool&shady

Low of 55 - High of 103. 11% humidity today. Tweaked Pepino today but was unable to attain the 79 degree low I achieved last year. Reached a high of 83.7 inside today and that just ain't good enough. Still need to adjust the water flow with the new evaporative media before I give up on it and go back to the blue poly stuff I had success with last year.

Had another blog-reader visitor drop in today for a tour. He got the full tour and we had a nice chat. Visitors are always welcome at the Field Lab. If I'm busy when you show up you will just have to help. For future reference....admission is a 6 pack of any kind of beer.

Worked this afternoon on installing a new shade screen for the west side of the porch. Just using old canvas drop cloth I bought at Home Depote before I even came out here. This really helps cut the afternoon sun on the swamp cooler and porch. Thinking of adding a shade cloth to temper the late sun beating down on the west side of my hut. I must be getting quite a lot of solar gain there as the siding gets pretty hot after 5PM.

As luck would have it...I just happen to have a photo in the archives that perfectly illustrates today's work load. I shot this last September.